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RNS Number : 5501F  National Grid PLC  10 July 2023

10 July 2023

 

National Grid plc ('National Grid' or 'the Company')

 

Publication of AGM Results

 

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the
Company's 2023 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 11.00am
at Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY.

 

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                             Votes For      For (% of shares voted)  Votes against  Against (% of shares voted)  Votes Withheld**
 1       To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                      2,498,017,473  99.50                    12,598,521     0.50                         3,413,648

 2       To declare a final dividend                                                    2,481,895,654  98.75                    31,445,932     1.25                         688,376

 3       To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds                                              2,408,302,147  95.87                    103,695,942    4.13                         2,027,919

 4       To re-elect John Pettigrew                                                     2,490,376,958  99.13                    21,829,705     0.87                         1,818,913

 5       To re-elect Andy Agg                                                           2,496,291,167  99.37                    15,720,316     0.63                         2,155,948

 6       To re-elect Thérèse Esperdy                                                    2,446,531,486  97.39                    65,537,913     2.61                         2,100,886

 7       To re-elect Liz Hewitt                                                         2,497,485,429  99.44                    14,100,862     0.56                         2,433,995

 8       To re-elect Ian Livingston                                                     2,425,991,804  96.58                    85,834,931     3.42                         2,193,188

 9       To re-elect Iain Mackay                                                        2,491,125,345  99.18                    20,663,018     0.82                         2,231,766

 10      To re-elect Anne Robinson                                                      2,490,384,836  99.16                    21,096,259     0.84                         2,539,207

 11      To re-elect Earl Shipp                                                         2,447,925,347  97.47                    63,622,803     2.53                         2,470,971

 12      To re-elect Jonathan Silver                                                    2,221,714,895  88.45                    290,075,736    11.55                        2,229,122

 13      To re-elect Tony Wood                                                          2,466,041,556  98.18                    45,805,613     1.82                         2,169,786
 14      To re-elect Martha Wyrsch                                                      2,491,509,227  99.20                    20,032,659     0.80                         2,482,448
 15      To re-appoint the auditor                                                      2,502,370,029  99.89                    2,703,078      0.11                         8,952,229

         Deloitte LLP
 16      To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to set the auditor's remuneration      2,509,518,809  99.89                    2,875,920      0.11                         1,636,287

 17      To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                  2,348,830,038  93.62                    159,965,175    6.38                         5,230,075

 18      To authorise the Company to make political donations                           2,446,867,357  97.76                    55,966,471     2.24                         11,199,292

 19      To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares                            2,438,918,449  97.09                    73,188,621     2.91                         1,923,244

 20*     To disapply pre-emption rights                                                 2,477,810,843  98.82                    29,689,465     1.18                         6,524,048

 21*     To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions                                2,466,495,151  98.29                    42,817,390     1.71                         4,700,478

 22*     To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares                   2,484,643,806  98.96                    26,225,648     1.04                         3,151,802

 23*     To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice   2,329,627,785  92.72                    182,977,015    7.28                         1,416,090

 

*Special resolution

**A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

The percentage of Issued Share Capital voted on was 68.26%.

 

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of
AGM resolutions numbered 20-23 (inclusive) have been submitted to the
Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will
shortly be available to the public for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

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